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The Recruiter (Squid Game)

The Recruiter, also called The Salesman, is an unnamed Squid Game character played by Gong Yoo who recruits debt-ridden players via ddakji games and slaps, appears in Seasons 1-3, and dies by Russian roulette against Gi-hun in Season 2.

Thomas Magnum

Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV is the fictional private investigator lead of Magnum, P.I., played by Tom Selleck (1980–88) and Jay Hernandez (2018 reboot), a Vietnam vet/Navy SEAL on Oahu at Robin's Nest with a red Ferrari.

Tina Marrero

Tina Marrero (Bettina "Tina" Marrero) is a fictional line cook turned sous-chef on FX's The Bear, created by Christopher Storer and played by Liza Colón-Zayas; the role won Colón-Zayas a 2024 Emmy, the first for a Latina in the supporting comedy category.

Todd Alquist

Todd Alquist is a fictional character in the AMC drama Breaking Bad, played by Jesse Plemons, a polite meth cook and enforcer for his uncle Jack's gang.

Tommy Hill (Twin Peaks)

Tommy "Hawk" Hill, played by Michael Horse, is the deputy and later deputy chief of the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department in Twin Peaks and The Return, the show's one Indigenous character and expositor of the Black Lodge legend.

Trini Kwan

Trini Kwan, the original Yellow Ranger of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993), portrayed by Thuy Trang after Audri Dubois in the pilot; Sabertooth Tiger powers, passed to Aisha Campbell, succeeded by daughter Minh in Once & Always.

Ultraman (ウルトラマン) (character)

Ultraman (ウルトラマン), the 1966 Tsuburaya Productions hero of light from Nebula M78, merged with SSSP member Hayata, stands 40 m, weighs 35,000 t, and fires the Spacium Beam, spawning a 60-year Ultra series franchise broadcast in over 100 countries.

Uncle Albert

Uncle Albert (Albert Gladstone Trotter), fictional Only Fools and Horses character played by Buster Merryfield from 1985 to 1996; Grandad's brother, great uncle of Del Boy and Rodney, famed for the catchphrase "During the war...".

Upside Down (Stranger Things)

Upside Down, the dark parallel dimension in Netflix's Stranger Things, first shown as Hawkins's mirror world with Demogorgons; Season 5's 'The Bridge' reveals it is actually a wormhole connecting Earth to the Abyss, held together by unstable dark matter.

Viserys I Targaryen (House of the Dragon)

King Viserys I Targaryen, played by Paddy Considine, is the ailing central monarch of House of the Dragon season 1 (2022); his naming of Rhaenyra as heir and his Episode 8 death spark the Dance of the Dragons.

Willow Rosenberg

Willow Rosenberg, also called Dark Willow, is the witch character played by Alyson Hannigan in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003); her romance with Tara Maclay was primetime TV's first recurring lesbian couple, and her sexuality is debated as lesbian or bisexual.

Worf

Worf, son of Mogh, is the Klingon Starfleet officer in Star Trek played by Michael Dorn; first Klingon in Starfleet, most-appearing Trek character across TNG, DS9, four films, and Picard.